Sin & Punishment

{A DAY PASSED}

I'm eating lunch while watching the news.

[This morning, there were 4 dead bodies found in the alley.]

The news is about the murder case again. They said the people who died had their faces smashed.

"Oh god, what's going on, this world. Those poor people." Grandma said.

In the news, there's no single month without someone's being murder. I'm already used to it.

"James, be careful out there. Don't be home late. If something happens, just run."

"Ok. You too, grandma."

Now that I think of it. Why, they have no single lead of who's the killer if there's CCTV?

Enough thinking about it. I'm not some detective who can solve it. I should head to school right now.

"I'm going now, grandma."

"Oh, then be careful out there."

"OK, Grandma."

Then I went outside.

In the middle of the walk, someone calls me.

"Hey, you there."

It was some 2 dudes wearing a white suit.

"Me?" I answered.

"Yes, you. Do you know where this is?"

They're asking me for directions.

"Ah, you have to be right there."

"I see… thanks, kid."

After they asked me, they went to the direction where I told them.

But weird… they're both wearing white suits. I wonder what their job is.

After that, I continued walking.

>>>

I already reached the school. At the shoe locker, Evelyn greeted me.

She yawns. "Mor-ning."

And I greeted her back. "Morning."

We walk together to go to our classroom. While walking, she says something.

"Have you heard the news?" she said.

"Ah, yea."

"It's already happened 5 times in a row. The worst part is it's in our neighborhood. It's becoming more dangerous. I can't even sleep peacefully."

"..."

While Evelyn's talking, I just noticed she's wearing an earring.

"Hmm, why do you become quiet?"

"Ah, that. In your ears."

"Oh, this. I tried wearing it now. Why? Does it not look good on me?"

"No, it looks good on you."

"Thanks."

We're already at the stairs. As we went upstairs, we came across someone.

"Ah." I reflexively said it.

"Ha, enjoying life? You deserve to suffer. You know how much I hate you. I'm going to say this, I really-really hate you. Suffer more James."

"..."

After the person said that to me, I became silent.

"Hey, what did you say to him, you bitch!"

Evelyn defended me. But I was shocked at what she said.

"Huh, what did you say to me?" the person replies.

"Are you deaf?" and so Evelyn did.

The situation seems to be heating up. As the area becomes silent, they are glaring at each other. It looks like they are about to fight.

Before the situation became worse.

"Let's go already."

"But this bitch."

"Just ignore her."

To stop the tension. Evelyn and I went up ahead instead.

"Hey, why did you let her say that to you?"

"Arguing with her doesn't make the situation better."

"Even so…"

"But I'm surprised by what you said back then."

"Well, that's because it makes me irritated by her. And she's the reason why you have been bullied, right? That makes me angry."

"Haha, don't mind it. I'm already used to it."

"Why are you like that? It's that bitch fault, you know."

Well… I can't blame her for being like that. Like she said, she hates me. I have done something to her that makes her hate me. It was a sin that I should not do it from the start. It makes me think that my suffering is a punishment.

To tell the story. It was 3 years ago before my parents died.

Her name was Hannah Briggs. She's my childhood friend. We always play together. Not only that, my mom and her mom were best friends back in their high school days, so that's why we often visit each other's houses. Our friendship was genuine.

But...

It changes…

Because of that day.

I was in 4th year grade and sis was already a high schooler. Sis is still going home late and always arguing with mom. But one day her boyfriend came to our house. That day, my parents weren't home. Back then I didn't know sis had a boyfriend, neither did my parents. Her boyfriend always came when our parents were gone. She told me to keep it a secret that she has a boyfriend and was coming to the house. At first, I thought they're just hanging out, but It's far from that. When her boyfriend is around, I keep hearing some voices around the house. It was sis, she was making some weird voice. It was like a scream and it repeated. When I heard that noise, my heart aches and my penis is weird. So out of curiosity, I peeked at them. Luckily, the noise was coming from the dining room this time. But I was shocked by what I saw. They're both naked on the table and sis was making a noise while the boyfriend is moving his hips like pushing something on her.

Not that long ago, I learned sex. They're having sex when her boyfriend was here. They're doing it around the house while I peeked at them. I started to learn how to masturbate. When I'm watching them, I'm masturbating. I thought to myself that this is going to be forever long. But…

It didn't.

Our parents caught them while doing it. Dad beats up the boyfriend, but sis stops it. They had been arguing about it and sis decided to run away with her boyfriend.

A week already passed, but sis didn't come back. Mom and dad started to worry, so they went looking for her. They have been looking for her every day, but didn't have a single lead. So in the end they gave up. And that's where my sin starts.

Since the day sis left. I'm having some weird feelings. I tried masturbating, but it didn't work. The feeling became deep. Hannah keeps visiting our house since sis left. She's trying to comfort me by hanging up in my room. Then suddenly I got an idea. I told Hannah to play something, but that play was something sexual. I touch her body to satisfy my sexual desires. Either we do it in my house or in her house. We've been doing it for some months, and she seems to have become addicted to it. But my desire starts slowly losing, and then it's gone completely. I stopped touching Evelyn, but she still wants to do it. It seems her lust builds up, and I'm the reason for it. Day by day she's asking me, and it's becoming annoying, so I dump her. She cries loudly as I ignore her. Since then, she has stopped going to my house. She's been ignoring me at school, but I didn't care about it at all.

I didn't think it gave me karma. It resulted in both of my parents dying.

I met Hannah again when I entered high school. We're in the same class. She's different now. Both in looks and personality. I learned that she became a slut. I know she's angry at me just for her glare. And she managed to get someone to bully me.

And those, I think this is my punishment for what I did to her.

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{BACK AT PRESENT}

{MORNING} AFTER THE 2 DUDES IN A WHITE SUIT ASK JAMES FOR DIRECTION

The 2 dudes reached their destination.

"We're already here."

"Yea, this apartment."

They went up to the 3rd floor and were already in front of someone's door.

"Let's go."

"Wait, it's too quiet. Let me check first if there's a trap."

"Why do so? We can protect ourselves."

"Not for us, but for the people in this apartment. If there's a bomb as a trap, many will die."

"Yea-yeah. Let's get this over with."

The guy puts his palm on the door. It didn't take a sec to finish it

"Done. It's safe. Now, I'm going to open this door, so be ready. After I count 1 to 10, we're both going inside."

"Yea, ok."

"1… 2… 3… 4…

They both sweat as the number counts.

"5… 6… 7…"

They prepare to dash themselves inside.

"9… 10."

The guy opened the door, and they immediately went inside. As they went inside, there's a thud sound. After, when they went inside, they saw some dead bodies inside.

"What the--"

BOOM!

The room explodes.